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that is a shift from their initial blanket assad support. but they still will not say what happened or who did it. turkey's justice minister shows autopsy results show chemical weapons were used in that attack that killed 86 innocent people and injured hundreds more in syria. we have these images on the aftermath. they are disturbing and the ugly truth. emergency workers took more than 30 victims of the attack to turkey where three victims have since died. some of those killed include, of course, young children. turkey blames syrian leader assad's regime for carrying out this heinous attack. >> remember, the numbers there are still preliminary. they are still trying to figure out how many are injured. it is something we have keep our eye on. you got cnn political analysts and april riechblt also the correspondent for american urban radio networks. also joining us cnn politics reporter and editor at large. so let me ask you this. the president said he had a change that was motivated by what he saw of these children. and of course you can't no
that is a shift from their initial blanket assad support. but they still will not say what happened or who did it. turkey's justice minister shows autopsy results show chemical weapons were used in that attack that killed 86 innocent people and injured hundreds more in syria. we have these images on the aftermath. they are disturbing and the ugly truth. emergency workers took more than 30 victims of the attack to turkey where three victims have since died. some of those killed include, of...
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that is, trying to economically strangle the assad regime. the only point here is that we know from the history of sanctions to what extent have the sanctions exacted a heavy toll on the assad regime? how long can the assad regime basically maintain its posture given the fact it's receiving support from its regional allies, iran and iraq, and also trade with lebanon and jordan and turkey? the reality is all options are back, fareed. the menu of choice is very limited. i don't think the obama administration has the luxury to basically decide, entertain military intervention in syria. this is really quite what i call the nuclear option for the united states and syria and its neighbors as well. >> farwaz, pleasure to have you on. we'll talk to you again soon. >> we dropped the ball in america, frankly. we have not been strategic, we have not been working nearly as relentlessly to address our issues and weaknesses az so many other countries and i can tell you story after story about that. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communi
that is, trying to economically strangle the assad regime. the only point here is that we know from the history of sanctions to what extent have the sanctions exacted a heavy toll on the assad regime? how long can the assad regime basically maintain its posture given the fact it's receiving support from its regional allies, iran and iraq, and also trade with lebanon and jordan and turkey? the reality is all options are back, fareed. the menu of choice is very limited. i don't think the obama...
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let's make it about syria, not about assad. let's make it about the syrian people, about the people in syria and stop killing. >> how do you do that? what do you suggest be done? are there other options, you think? do you think anything should be done? >> all the time the peaceful solution on the table. we have to work for it. president assad accept about two hours from announcing it. he accepted it. the opposition did not accept it. i believe the syrian people should put their difference on the side. their mind to work it and take the syria forward not back ward. bombing people is not going to solve it. killing people is not going to solve it. we have to find peaceful solution from both side. we have to build syria and the syrian people, what the syrian people want that should be the same like here in the united states. in america now, last report came out, seven out of ten people reject the war. i believe the congress, our senate, our president should listen to them. >> do you think there's, i just spoke with another syrian a
let's make it about syria, not about assad. let's make it about the syrian people, about the people in syria and stop killing. >> how do you do that? what do you suggest be done? are there other options, you think? do you think anything should be done? >> all the time the peaceful solution on the table. we have to work for it. president assad accept about two hours from announcing it. he accepted it. the opposition did not accept it. i believe the syrian people should put their...
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what assad is trying to do is frighten his people again. he is very surprised by the daring of these people, by the defiance of his people. he couldn't believe they would come out into the streets and destroy the statues of his father and they would destroy his own statues. this is almost kind of a north korea cult regime in many ways. >> his father killed more than 10,000 people, plenty more than that. >> exactly. and when bashar came to power in 2000, the dream was, this is a new man, a modern man, a western educated man and that he will change. and i think that dream really persisted. it persisted in washington. it persisted in other places. and now i think this is now a moment of reckoning. this man has crossed the rubicon and this regime is completely exposed. >> it's so frustrating to see the strength of these people and we get tweets about this all the time, what can we do? what can the u.s. do? what can the international community do? is there more to be done? >> there is more to be done. the human rights watch report, which i recom
what assad is trying to do is frighten his people again. he is very surprised by the daring of these people, by the defiance of his people. he couldn't believe they would come out into the streets and destroy the statues of his father and they would destroy his own statues. this is almost kind of a north korea cult regime in many ways. >> his father killed more than 10,000 people, plenty more than that. >> exactly. and when bashar came to power in 2000, the dream was, this is a new...
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it's buying assad more time to kill. he sees in his words, a deployment of security forces to the north of his city. this is annan's gift. u.s. senator and former presidential candidate john mccain agrees. he wants america to do more to stop the killing. i spoke to him earlier today. senator, at the holocaust memorial yesterday, president obama said we need to do everything we can to stop the slaughter of innocent people by blood thirsty regimes. that all sounds good, but is it just rhetoric? are we doing that in syria? >> well, anderson, i think it's really kind of paradoxical that the president said quote, remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture. awareness without action changes nothing. but at the same time he only talked about financial and economic sanctions against a person who as we know is slaughtering its citizens. and the latest of course being killing people who talked to the u.n. monitors. it's really sad to see the rhetoric of this administration not only not matched but making almost a joke out of t
it's buying assad more time to kill. he sees in his words, a deployment of security forces to the north of his city. this is annan's gift. u.s. senator and former presidential candidate john mccain agrees. he wants america to do more to stop the killing. i spoke to him earlier today. senator, at the holocaust memorial yesterday, president obama said we need to do everything we can to stop the slaughter of innocent people by blood thirsty regimes. that all sounds good, but is it just rhetoric?...
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assad could go. that you couldn't do any worse. >> it's not a question that we prefer the devil we know to the devil we don't know. bashar al assad is sufficiently devilish. it's hard for us to imagine someone who would be a worse devil than he is. >> you made clear two months ago you were done with this devil. you saw no reason to stay in business with him and israel was fully prepared to say he should go. why did it take two months for the united states to come to that position? >> i'm not privy to the inner workings from the obama administration. i'm ambassador to the united states and not the other way around. i get the sense that president and the secretary of state hillary clinton wanted to move jointly with allies in europe and elsewhere and present a united front calling for assad to step out or step down. >> from israel's perspective when you look around the neighborhood, we are months into now what we have called the arab spring, is the security situation from israel' standpoint improving o
assad could go. that you couldn't do any worse. >> it's not a question that we prefer the devil we know to the devil we don't know. bashar al assad is sufficiently devilish. it's hard for us to imagine someone who would be a worse devil than he is. >> you made clear two months ago you were done with this devil. you saw no reason to stay in business with him and israel was fully prepared to say he should go. why did it take two months for the united states to come to that position?...
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we have vivid video proof, assad is no reformer. why has there been this romantic view that somehow this guy would be different from his father, somehow he would open up and be a dhoim? >> well, john, this was the son bashar assad who was never supposed to lead syria. he only came back from his ophthalmologist training in london because his brother died, who was supposed to become president. there's been the feeling among the better part of the last decade that perhaps he was better and he was better educated. he aligned himself with iran and opposed the united states and opposed extremists in iraq when we were fighting there and he's not a reformer and we've seen his true colors over the last couple of months and especially since the start of ramadan between 2,500 people have died in syria. >> i don't mean to interrupt you, but you say you never believed it. how could so many smart people be so wrong about him? >> i think in that region one is looking for partners and one is looking for friends and there's a feeling that he came fr
we have vivid video proof, assad is no reformer. why has there been this romantic view that somehow this guy would be different from his father, somehow he would open up and be a dhoim? >> well, john, this was the son bashar assad who was never supposed to lead syria. he only came back from his ophthalmologist training in london because his brother died, who was supposed to become president. there's been the feeling among the better part of the last decade that perhaps he was better and...
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in other words taking out assad? we're going to have to figure out this riddle if we play this game of supporting oppositionists we've got to have the same goals as they do, which is take out bashar al assad, which ain't that hard. the strategy not the operations. >> the hard part is what to replace them with. we learned that in iraq. >> yes. thank you into. >>> two teenagers are in a coma and officials think a pesticide used at their resort is to blame. why was it used years after it was banned? >>> and jeanne moos on selfies. everyone takes them. prince harry, though, is. know your financial plan won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know you can get help staying on track for the future you've always wanted. hey, girl. is it crazy that your soccer trophy is talking to you right now? it kinda is. it's as craz
in other words taking out assad? we're going to have to figure out this riddle if we play this game of supporting oppositionists we've got to have the same goals as they do, which is take out bashar al assad, which ain't that hard. the strategy not the operations. >> the hard part is what to replace them with. we learned that in iraq. >> yes. thank you into. >>> two teenagers are in a coma and officials think a pesticide used at their resort is to blame. why was it used...
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panetta said is clearly desirable, that assad not be there. the question they have to face is what's going to replace them. and the alawites are a very small minority that have been controlling that country for many years now. they are very strong-handed. they have killed thousands of people. his father killed thousands of people. he is now killing thousands of people. what the option is, to answer your question, is to provide some covert support to the elements that are opposing assad. see if you can sort out some people that would be better than assad because there are some that might be as bad or worse. and to the extent you can, provide some assistance to them and then make it a calibrated decision as to how you can find ways to get additional countries to be supportive in the hopes that it will work. you've got to remember that a lot of assad's father's people are still around. they're tough. they are dictators. they're brutal. they maintain themselves in power and they get up every morning and that's their goal. >> this is a problem, isn
panetta said is clearly desirable, that assad not be there. the question they have to face is what's going to replace them. and the alawites are a very small minority that have been controlling that country for many years now. they are very strong-handed. they have killed thousands of people. his father killed thousands of people. he is now killing thousands of people. what the option is, to answer your question, is to provide some covert support to the elements that are opposing assad. see if...
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bashar assad is syria's accidental president. a car crash killed reckless older brother and heir apparent, bosil. assad was always considered too weak to carry the weight. his brother bullied him as a child, and his father never gave him the attention of bosil. after the car crash, it pushed assad into the leader role. his uncle says bashar was never cut out for the top job. >> translator: he's very different than his father. assad was a leader, the head of the entire regime while bashar never came close to that. he may be seen as the leader, he says, but really he just decides what the regime decides for him. pundits in the public thought assad was telling blatant lies when he denied he had control of the military in a recent interview. it was worse than that. he was telling the truth. >> they are forces that belong to the government. i don't own them. i'm president. >> reporter: the real basha bashar assad is now standing up. the relentless crackdown on opponents of the assad family dynasty isn't only being steered by the one w
bashar assad is syria's accidental president. a car crash killed reckless older brother and heir apparent, bosil. assad was always considered too weak to carry the weight. his brother bullied him as a child, and his father never gave him the attention of bosil. after the car crash, it pushed assad into the leader role. his uncle says bashar was never cut out for the top job. >> translator: he's very different than his father. assad was a leader, the head of the entire regime while bashar...
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backed rebels who are trying to oust assad. the questions enough to prompt a face-to-face meeting between rs washington and russia top diplomats. the mood is increasingly volatile. minutes ago we heard from arizona senator john mccain, barely containing his anger. >> i can absolutely confirm to you that they were strikes against our free syrian army, or groups that have been armed and trained by the cia. because we have communications with people there. well the first thing we do is we say to the russians, we are going to fly anywhere we want to. and you better stay the hell out of way. the second thing we do is we consider syrian sanctions. third of all we develop a strategy pretty much outlined by general david petraeus before the armed services committee a couple of weeks. to turn the tide. the slaughter continues and now we have the russians playing a major role. >> i do want to begin coverage with arwood. just moments ago a press conference, what is key here? >> he's basically justifying russia's actions in syria. these ar
backed rebels who are trying to oust assad. the questions enough to prompt a face-to-face meeting between rs washington and russia top diplomats. the mood is increasingly volatile. minutes ago we heard from arizona senator john mccain, barely containing his anger. >> i can absolutely confirm to you that they were strikes against our free syrian army, or groups that have been armed and trained by the cia. because we have communications with people there. well the first thing we do is we...
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assad still in power. i see our trade deficit with china, larger than it's -- growing larger every year as a matter of fact. i look around the world and i don't feel that -- you see north korea continuing to export their nuclear technology. russia said they're not going to follow a nonnuclear proliferation treaty any more. i see our importance receding in part because of the president, in part because of our withdrawal to our commitment to the military and the way it ought to be. in part because of the turmoil with israel. the president received a letter from 38 democrat senators saying that tensions with israel were a real problem. they asked him, please repair the tensions. democrat senators, please repair the damage in his own party. >> all right. governor, the problem is, that on a whole range of issues, whether it's the middle east, afghanistan, iraq, whether it's now iran, you've been all over the map. i mean, i'm pleased that you now are endorsing our policy of applying diplomatic pressure and poten
assad still in power. i see our trade deficit with china, larger than it's -- growing larger every year as a matter of fact. i look around the world and i don't feel that -- you see north korea continuing to export their nuclear technology. russia said they're not going to follow a nonnuclear proliferation treaty any more. i see our importance receding in part because of the president, in part because of our withdrawal to our commitment to the military and the way it ought to be. in part...
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this is something that slipped out of the tongue of assad. >> what exactly is assad saying? whether it's a slip of the tongue or not, he's admitting he has those weapons so under what circumstances will he use them? >> i thought it was dramatic that the prime minister of turkey said he was worried those weapons night be used against the syrian people themselves. as you know the united states is also basically said, at least that's what it's hinting that if any chemical weaps or any weapons of mass destruction or even potentially thought about being used that would be the u.s. red line. this is where the international community is coalescing. not intervening to save the current slaughter, to stop it but say if there's a threat of a bigger slaughter with weapons of mass destruction that's where they will intervene and that's where the cia is involved. they are in turkey, in the area and keeping a close eye on who has and where are those stockpiles. weeks ago there was a huge bruhaha after the syrian spokesman said syria would never use weapons of mass destruction against its o
this is something that slipped out of the tongue of assad. >> what exactly is assad saying? whether it's a slip of the tongue or not, he's admitting he has those weapons so under what circumstances will he use them? >> i thought it was dramatic that the prime minister of turkey said he was worried those weapons night be used against the syrian people themselves. as you know the united states is also basically said, at least that's what it's hinting that if any chemical weaps or any...
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told assad's forces where u.s. fighters were going to be flying but that maybe iraq or some other country was serving as an intermediary. i would assume that's necessary so that the planes aren't crashing into each other. >> it's possible. and it's possible that coordination is happening. but there's a huge psychological advantage for assad to say that. he is demoralizing the free syrian army believe and they should believe the united states is on their side the moderate rebel opposition. if they're under the impression that the united states is in any way coordinating with bashar al assad that would be very demoralizing to them. he's try to convince them as it is that the united states is backing him. and if this in fact is the case i think he has a huge psychological reason for saying that. >> i can understand why that would not be desired but at the same time we don't want american pilots or whomever jordanian pilots, uae pilots hitting each other or hitting good guys on the ground. there does need to be some co
told assad's forces where u.s. fighters were going to be flying but that maybe iraq or some other country was serving as an intermediary. i would assume that's necessary so that the planes aren't crashing into each other. >> it's possible. and it's possible that coordination is happening. but there's a huge psychological advantage for assad to say that. he is demoralizing the free syrian army believe and they should believe the united states is on their side the moderate rebel opposition....
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to one of assad's press aides in damascus. the hacker group anonymous posted the e-mail passwords of top syrian officials. hackers like this one cited by foreign policy magazine claim to have downloaded the e-mails and posted them online. cnn has seen the e-mails. they appear legitimate though we cannot independently verify their authenticity. this e-mail advices assad on a quote to give "syria doesn't have a policy to torture people." said he can contrast that with the u.s. and refer to abu graib. it says "at one point h.e. was viewed as a hero and in other times h.e. was the bad guy. americans love these kind of things and get convinced by it." >> they say that the american public is very stupid. >> this man is a syrian dissident who says he was once imprisoned and tortured by the regime. >> it is what they told us at the school the americans, the worker has no rights in the u.s. and they really think so. they think the american is easy to fool. >> reporter: david kenner of foreign policy magazine says it reflects an amateur
to one of assad's press aides in damascus. the hacker group anonymous posted the e-mail passwords of top syrian officials. hackers like this one cited by foreign policy magazine claim to have downloaded the e-mails and posted them online. cnn has seen the e-mails. they appear legitimate though we cannot independently verify their authenticity. this e-mail advices assad on a quote to give "syria doesn't have a policy to torture people." said he can contrast that with the u.s. and refer...
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it doesn't connect this directly to bashar al-assad. that's what the videos can't show us at the moment. >> as you've said before, some of these videos, many of them have been seen on youtube before. they've been out there on the internet. they put them all together to show to this group of senators and to others who may be voting on whether or not there should be some military action in syria. >> reporter: they've focused on things like the eyes. pupils. when a human is exposed to nerve gas like sarin it contracts the eyes. they focused on the medical evidence that will give the strongest indication of what's happening here. the shrunking pupils the medical workers it pains to show this is really trying to point out the evidence of what's happening here. the vomiting, et cetera. this is all carefully put together to really show in a very clear and precise way exactly what's happening, don. >> all right. stand by. these are powerful pictures. who with john kerry has seen these videos as well? >> reporter: we know they are showing more e
it doesn't connect this directly to bashar al-assad. that's what the videos can't show us at the moment. >> as you've said before, some of these videos, many of them have been seen on youtube before. they've been out there on the internet. they put them all together to show to this group of senators and to others who may be voting on whether or not there should be some military action in syria. >> reporter: they've focused on things like the eyes. pupils. when a human is exposed to...
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they can't accept the syria of the assad dynasty. they will go and pick them one at a time, the syrian intelligence. so it's too late for the opposition, they must win and it's too late for the regime, because that's what the regime is lookinged a. bashar al assad is looking at, he sees possibly what happened to gadhafi as a pray plud, a precautionary tale of what could happen to him. -- a prelude. >> it's beyond the point of return for the people who have protested thus far. there's no going back for them. because if the world, not that the world is really paying attention, but to the extent that it is, if that attention stops, if the protests stop, then security forces come in the night and just take you away and kill you. >> i think you've got it. and i think what's interesting about it, there was kind of a placard carried by some women in homs that said, all doors are closed except your doors or god. there's only god left for them. because again, they look at libya and see that libya was rescued by nato and they look at their own
they can't accept the syria of the assad dynasty. they will go and pick them one at a time, the syrian intelligence. so it's too late for the opposition, they must win and it's too late for the regime, because that's what the regime is lookinged a. bashar al assad is looking at, he sees possibly what happened to gadhafi as a pray plud, a precautionary tale of what could happen to him. -- a prelude. >> it's beyond the point of return for the people who have protested thus far. there's no...
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itself toned down its criticism on humanitarian grounds of the assad regime. without his cooperation, there is no hope of getting these weapons out. if you still think it's important to get those weapons out, you're going to have to swallow hard, hold your nose and to a large extent, close your eyes until that's accomplished. >> very uncomfortable. david, thank you so much. >> thank you, jake. >>> coming up on "the lead," new year, new rules. as of tomorrow, you may be able to blaze up in colorado, but there's a surprising list of things you now cannot do. we'll tell you what might make you a criminal come january 1st. >>> later, they left their mark and in some cases, their music. we remember when we come back. >>> president zuma announcing the death of former south african president and much more than that, the man who fought for freedom in south africa, nelson mandela, who died at 95. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. th
itself toned down its criticism on humanitarian grounds of the assad regime. without his cooperation, there is no hope of getting these weapons out. if you still think it's important to get those weapons out, you're going to have to swallow hard, hold your nose and to a large extent, close your eyes until that's accomplished. >> very uncomfortable. david, thank you so much. >> thank you, jake. >>> coming up on "the lead," new year, new rules. as of tomorrow, you...
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the united states is not talking to bashar al assad. we probably informed syria through third parties when the air campaign was beginning. any sort of major changes to the air campaign get communicated but as he said there's no tactical details. there's no coordination in the air space. the fact that planes haven't shot at each other is simply explained by the fact that they're told not to shoot at other planes. isis doesn't have an air force. there's no reason to shoot at anything in the sky. >> it is kind of strange if you step back and look at it. here's the leader of a country, syria, and he's not even being informed what's happening in his own skies, not by the united states or by jordan. >> well, of course we -- our president has said that bashar al assad must go. he's a president of a country who's committed war crimes. i don't think the united states or our allies are going to communicate too much with him over our actions to destroy isis on his turf. >> he could complicate things though right? because in that same interview wit
the united states is not talking to bashar al assad. we probably informed syria through third parties when the air campaign was beginning. any sort of major changes to the air campaign get communicated but as he said there's no tactical details. there's no coordination in the air space. the fact that planes haven't shot at each other is simply explained by the fact that they're told not to shoot at other planes. isis doesn't have an air force. there's no reason to shoot at anything in the sky....
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they want assad in power. they want their footprint in syria. the americans want -- the french want assad out but they don't want to send troops. why can't they get isis out? there's no reason we physically with the military coalition we can't push them out. i think the russians want that footprint. it's very, very important. they need assad in power. if isis was wiped out tomorrow, there's a vacuum. until we have a solution, what's going to happen with syria, no one is going to push isis out. >> how far do you think vladimir putin and the turkish president erdogan will push this macho battle over the plane? >> they put the s-400 which is a fairly integrated -- it's a game-changer. it poses quite a dilemma and quite a threat to the air crews flying in the region. that being said, i think this is just posturing. the russians do not want to go to war with turkey or war with nato. the turks called putin's bluff on this. the plane violated their air space. they were within legal limit to shoot it down. i think cooler heads will prevail but they'll d
they want assad in power. they want their footprint in syria. the americans want -- the french want assad out but they don't want to send troops. why can't they get isis out? there's no reason we physically with the military coalition we can't push them out. i think the russians want that footprint. it's very, very important. they need assad in power. if isis was wiped out tomorrow, there's a vacuum. until we have a solution, what's going to happen with syria, no one is going to push isis out....
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abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> meanwhile the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for an attack from the sea. >>> a tragedy in russia that no one saw coming. in the middle of the night rain swollen rivers overflowed sending flood waters racing through the towns. at least 150 people were killed. hundreds of others have been injured and more than 12,000 people are now homeless. officials say the flood waters rushed through the towns with such force roads were ripped up and cars were pushed into the sea. and flooding is a big concern in colorado after wildfires left entire mountain sides scorched leaving no trees or ground cover to help hold back heavy rain. >> reporter: with severe weather rolls in and the threat of flooding is high -- >> can you get with urban draining -- >> reporter: the emergency operation center gets to work. >> our role in emergency management is to identify storms rolling in and get information to first responders
abundantly clear to those who support the assad regime. the days are numbered. >> meanwhile the syrian military says it is conducting live exercises and launching missiles to stay prepared for an attack from the sea. >>> a tragedy in russia that no one saw coming. in the middle of the night rain swollen rivers overflowed sending flood waters racing through the towns. at least 150 people were killed. hundreds of others have been injured and more than 12,000 people are now...
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assad is standing in their way. for the sake of the syrian people, the time has come for him to step aside and leave this transition to the syrians themselves. and that is what we will continue to work to achieve. thank you all very much. >> it happened. first we had talked to you about the sanctions. now we -- it is official. the president of the united states, we received a statement just about 20 minutes or so, now secretary of state hillary clinton coming forward holding the official news conference calling for syrian president bashar al-assad, the syrian president to step down, making the point clear it all centers around, as she says, the slaughtering of unarmed civilians, including children, during those pro-democracy rallies in syria. okay. also, developing story or the breaking news story that we've been following since half past 9:00, and that was the opening of the markets. and look at that. the numbers continue to slide to the negative territory. dow industrials now down 440 points. we're going to contin
assad is standing in their way. for the sake of the syrian people, the time has come for him to step aside and leave this transition to the syrians themselves. and that is what we will continue to work to achieve. thank you all very much. >> it happened. first we had talked to you about the sanctions. now we -- it is official. the president of the united states, we received a statement just about 20 minutes or so, now secretary of state hillary clinton coming forward holding the official...
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. >> let's talk about bashar al assad. andrew, you've been studying syria and the -- every day he's hearing this saying an attack really appears imminent. what did he do now? >> he's ordering the force toss evacuate the bases he thinks will be hit. and he's trying to come up with a plan on exactly what happens after this. this will be quite public, hard like a lot of israeli attacks, hard for him to shrug off, and so we can expect -- a lot of bluster. the question is what does he do in terms of direct retaliation or indirect. >> that's exactly light. israel has bombed before. >> many times. >> and no direct retaliation. he says there would be retaliation this time, but would this be something that hezbollah in lebanon will take on? >> he probably would say as israel bombed, he reserves to respond at a time of his choosing, which appears tough. the only real response, and it could come via hezbollah, but the fact of the matter is israel's northern front is locked and loaded. they're ready for this kind 6 attack. i don't thi
. >> let's talk about bashar al assad. andrew, you've been studying syria and the -- every day he's hearing this saying an attack really appears imminent. what did he do now? >> he's ordering the force toss evacuate the bases he thinks will be hit. and he's trying to come up with a plan on exactly what happens after this. this will be quite public, hard like a lot of israeli attacks, hard for him to shrug off, and so we can expect -- a lot of bluster. the question is what does he do...
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but the attack on al-assad brings the total number of iran -backed strikes on u.s. and coalition forces in iraq and syria to over a 60 cents attackers if in teens. the attacks have injured dozens of service members, leaving over two dozen of them with traumatic brain injuries. the u.s., meanwhile, have respond of these attacks. three separate times before, including belichick airstrikes on iranian weapons and training facilities inside syria. and the u.s. has urged iran directly to iran in that militias. but the groups they still have not been deterred and the attacks have continued, almost daily since last month. even so, the pentagon sees its approach is working for now because they say the war between israel and hamas has not spilled over into a wider regional conflict, particularly one that involves the iran-backed militant group hezbollah. but the ballistic missile attack on al-assad really marks a clear escalation, this week, and one that u.s. has been working very hard to avoid. natasha bertrand, cnn, washington. >>> nearly declassified intelligence from the
but the attack on al-assad brings the total number of iran -backed strikes on u.s. and coalition forces in iraq and syria to over a 60 cents attackers if in teens. the attacks have injured dozens of service members, leaving over two dozen of them with traumatic brain injuries. the u.s., meanwhile, have respond of these attacks. three separate times before, including belichick airstrikes on iranian weapons and training facilities inside syria. and the u.s. has urged iran directly to iran in that...
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essentially, she's parroting the assad and russian propaganda. what the you make of that? >> yeah. quite honestly, you know, her change or what she's taken -- the approach she's taken in the syrian war has blown me away for a listening time. you can be against intervention but the go to syria as she did and to meet with the butcher of syria, bashar al assad and then come back and express sympathy for bashar al assad and saying that he's just standing up for christians by killing half a million people, s.e., as a christian myself, there's no jesus christ i follow that would support a dictator murdering half a million people so that lack of human dignity, i don't understand. i firmly disagree with her. you can be against intervention but to meet with the butcher of baghdad is whole other thing. >> president erdogan of turkey, which would sustain a huge part of the refugee crisis from an idlib offensive, he's meeting with putin on monday. is erdogan sort of the last best hope, maybe, that syrians have for a cease fire, or is this kind of a lost cause? >> you know, it's confusing. erdo
essentially, she's parroting the assad and russian propaganda. what the you make of that? >> yeah. quite honestly, you know, her change or what she's taken -- the approach she's taken in the syrian war has blown me away for a listening time. you can be against intervention but the go to syria as she did and to meet with the butcher of syria, bashar al assad and then come back and express sympathy for bashar al assad and saying that he's just standing up for christians by killing half a...
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recognize and i believe that assad must go. i believe he will go, but i believe we want to make sure we have the relationships and a friendship with the people that take his place such that in the years to come, we see syria as a friend and a responsible party in the mideast. this is a critical opportunity for america. what i'm afraid of is as we watched, first the president said we will let the un deal with it and kofi annan said we will have a ceasefire. that didn't work. then to the russia and let's see if you can do something. we should be playing the leadership role. not on the ground with the military. >> we organize the friends of syria. we are mobilizing humanitarian support and support for the opposition. we are making sure that those we help are those who will be friends of ours in the long-term and friends of allies in the region for the long-term. going back to libya, this is an example of how we make choices. when we went into libya, we were able to immediately stop the massacre there because of the unique circumst
recognize and i believe that assad must go. i believe he will go, but i believe we want to make sure we have the relationships and a friendship with the people that take his place such that in the years to come, we see syria as a friend and a responsible party in the mideast. this is a critical opportunity for america. what i'm afraid of is as we watched, first the president said we will let the un deal with it and kofi annan said we will have a ceasefire. that didn't work. then to the russia...
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if it is up to assad himself, he will not leave power. otherwise he would not have gone ahead and killed all of these hundreds of thousands of syrians and destroyed half the country. we have 40 countries participating in this conference. there is international legitimacy in place that needs to be implemented by the international community. >> but as long as he has the support of iran on the one hand and russia, for that matter, on the other hand, he's in a relatively strong position, right? >> he is in a very weak position. as you know, more than 50% of our geography is out of his control. he is maintaining a very small location here and there. but he is practicing, of course, bombing from, you know, ariel bombardment and bombing from artillery. this is -- you know, he has that upper hand in the fire power, because the rebels, they know they have light weapons. but he is not at a strong position at all. of course, you have noticed that he brought militias, terrorists of hezbollah and the revolutionary guard of iran. he brought also militi
if it is up to assad himself, he will not leave power. otherwise he would not have gone ahead and killed all of these hundreds of thousands of syrians and destroyed half the country. we have 40 countries participating in this conference. there is international legitimacy in place that needs to be implemented by the international community. >> but as long as he has the support of iran on the one hand and russia, for that matter, on the other hand, he's in a relatively strong position,...
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assad still in power. i see our trade deficit with china larger than it's -- growing larger every year, as a matter of fact. i look around the world and i -- i don't feel that you see north korea, continuing to export their nuclear technology, russia said they're not going to follow nonlugar anymore. back way from nuke proliferation treaty we had with them. i look around the world, i don't see our influence growing. i see our influence receding because of the failure of the president to deal with economic challenges, in part because of our withdrawal from commitment to the military and the way it ought to be, in part because of the turmoil with israel. the president received a letter from 38 democrat senators saying that tensions with israel why a real problem. they asked him, please repair the tension, democrat senators, please repair the damage in the party. governor, the problem is, is that on a whole range of issues, whether it's the middle east, whether it's afghanistan, whether it's iraq, whether it'
assad still in power. i see our trade deficit with china larger than it's -- growing larger every year, as a matter of fact. i look around the world and i -- i don't feel that you see north korea, continuing to export their nuclear technology, russia said they're not going to follow nonlugar anymore. back way from nuke proliferation treaty we had with them. i look around the world, i don't see our influence growing. i see our influence receding because of the failure of the president to deal...
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>> we certainly know that the assad regime, just like his father's regime, is a thuggish regime that murders their own people. the president i think correctly is trying to put the squeeze on them in every way possible. calling for resignation? i don't know whether that's called for at the moment or not but this regime has turned out to be exactly what we thought and there were some people in our own administration who thought that bashar al assad was going to be a reformer. i don't think there is any evidence of that. this is a thug regime. i think the only thing that comes out of it is we're not likely to make any progress in the middle east right now. i know senator mitchell decided two years was enough because it looks to me like we're kind of reached another stalemate in the palestinian talks with israel. we're not sure what comes next in egypt. i think this is a period of great unrest in the middle east and probably not a time when we're going to make serious progress in any of these countries. >> let me turn you to politics. mitt romney often called the front-runner in the repu
>> we certainly know that the assad regime, just like his father's regime, is a thuggish regime that murders their own people. the president i think correctly is trying to put the squeeze on them in every way possible. calling for resignation? i don't know whether that's called for at the moment or not but this regime has turned out to be exactly what we thought and there were some people in our own administration who thought that bashar al assad was going to be a reformer. i don't think...
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people chanting against bashar al assad, as has become typical on fridays. also waving their shoes in the air to insult the president. but the death toll on this day that's normally a day of celebration generally, lower than it has been over the previous days. nic robertson, cnn, abu dhabi, united ash emirates. >>> now to the extreme fire danger across several western states today. this map you're about to see shows red flag warnings in effect right now and they're in southeastern oregon, idaho, southwestern montana, western utah and northern washington. these are the latest pictures out of utah right now where a new wildfire ignited just as fire cruiews contained two othe fires that were started by lightning. mandatory evacuations remane in effect today in several western communities threatened by wildfire. >>> some ads on san francisco buses have enraged the muslim community. and landed the transportation agency now in hot water. dern wo. would define you as an innovator. to hold more than one patent of this caliber... would define you as a true leader. to
people chanting against bashar al assad, as has become typical on fridays. also waving their shoes in the air to insult the president. but the death toll on this day that's normally a day of celebration generally, lower than it has been over the previous days. nic robertson, cnn, abu dhabi, united ash emirates. >>> now to the extreme fire danger across several western states today. this map you're about to see shows red flag warnings in effect right now and they're in southeastern...
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assad to go. how did that go? >> well, that's a little unique, the opposition which wants president assad out and has never agreed to any kind of talks and russia which has been all about let's talk in moscow and have several meetings between assad representatives and the opposition. it's never happened. it doesn't appear according to diplomats and would happen and the opposition told the russians, look, assad's got to go. everyone's got to go before we sit down and talk. the russians said, yes, this is all part of a process but only through diplomacy can you achieve some solutions. of course, russia is still a major arms supplier to syria. it said yesterday through some government officials it will stop any new sales and delivery to syria, but certainly the connection between moscow and damascus is strong and strong enough here at the u.n. to block any new resolutions which some countries want to have along with those three options on what to do in syria. they'll all agree to new considerations, but various count
assad to go. how did that go? >> well, that's a little unique, the opposition which wants president assad out and has never agreed to any kind of talks and russia which has been all about let's talk in moscow and have several meetings between assad representatives and the opposition. it's never happened. it doesn't appear according to diplomats and would happen and the opposition told the russians, look, assad's got to go. everyone's got to go before we sit down and talk. the russians...
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is there any hope for assad? >> in the near future, assad might try to arrange an agreement with his patron russia which will take him in, and that would be the only way to survive. if he takes to power and decides to crack down further on the protesters and decides he's going to go the bloody route, it's very likely he will end up getting killed by his own people or perhaps by his own regime. the leader of armenia, they were taken out by his own people. i think it's time for assad to decide, does he want to live or does he want to give up power and let syria return to a united society. >> you say it will be a when, not if. i want to talk about when in terms of the world. when and if assad falls, what should washington and the rest of the world be doing that they aren't doing now to try to save all these lives? 6,000 lives lost last year, according to the u.n. >> he will definitely fall, because the fear factor is no more there. the uprising started a peaceful demonstration and he started to crack down on them, a
is there any hope for assad? >> in the near future, assad might try to arrange an agreement with his patron russia which will take him in, and that would be the only way to survive. if he takes to power and decides to crack down further on the protesters and decides he's going to go the bloody route, it's very likely he will end up getting killed by his own people or perhaps by his own regime. the leader of armenia, they were taken out by his own people. i think it's time for assad to...
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, assad has shown the word, nick, what his choice is. what put pressure, what further screws does the administration have, if any? >> there's no military option in syria. we don't have the arab league with us. the u.n. security council. it would be follow for the united states to intervene in a fourth country in the middle east. but what the u.s. can do is further increase the economic sanctions and convince other significant countries, particularly other members of the security council, to be as tough minded on sanctions as we have been. we've seen that assad right now is his own worst enemy. everything he's tried has backfired. the picture of those tens of thousands of refugees in turkey, it's going to reduce his support internationally. he's shown himself to be barbaric in the way he's treated his people. i think again as in libya, the united states and the europeans need to stay the course and be patie patient. it's difficult to do that in this political environment that we find ourselves in, in the united states. but the patience of
, assad has shown the word, nick, what his choice is. what put pressure, what further screws does the administration have, if any? >> there's no military option in syria. we don't have the arab league with us. the u.n. security council. it would be follow for the united states to intervene in a fourth country in the middle east. but what the u.s. can do is further increase the economic sanctions and convince other significant countries, particularly other members of the security council,...
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the syrian investigative panel says that the assad regime isn't to blame for the wholesale slaughters of dozens of children. those are the children we have blurred out there. children shot in the chest, children executed at close range, some with their throats reportedly slit. the report by the government says that armed terrorist groups carried out the massacre, the same vague entities, the same terms they have been using for 15 months now. it's a lie that's been exposed over and over again. >> our reaction to the syrian characterization of what transpired in houla, i think quite simply, it's at blatant lie. >> based on reporting on the ground, it was the syrian military who started the massacre. the regime used tanks and heavy artillery. and it was followed up by local games acting on behalf of the regime. syria insists that they then called for a cease-fire weeks ago. that claim takes brazen to a new level. >> they failed to comply with any of the six components of the annan plan. they have continued to besiege population centers, including the horrible events that happened in houl
the syrian investigative panel says that the assad regime isn't to blame for the wholesale slaughters of dozens of children. those are the children we have blurred out there. children shot in the chest, children executed at close range, some with their throats reportedly slit. the report by the government says that armed terrorist groups carried out the massacre, the same vague entities, the same terms they have been using for 15 months now. it's a lie that's been exposed over and over again....
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first, we need to be clearer that assad has got to go. the president has said that about mubarak and gadhafi. he still hasn't said it about assad. i hope he does tomorrow. but the sooner the better. we need more sanctions and we need more europeans to join us in them. because we've got to get the richer people, the elites, particularly the sunni elites in syria to turn against him, and the way to do that is through the economy. >> jill, do we know what the president is going to say tomorrow? >> we think it's going to be tougher. there could be a good portion of it on syria. i don't think judging by what we heard he's going to go as far as elliott is saying in saying, you know, you have outlived your usefulness, you have to step down. the sanctions really did that. or at least that's the message. but you know, look at what they said, anderson, in the sanctions announcement today. go for political transition or leave. they're still leaving that window open for political transition, even though the united states has no idea, no -- there's no
first, we need to be clearer that assad has got to go. the president has said that about mubarak and gadhafi. he still hasn't said it about assad. i hope he does tomorrow. but the sooner the better. we need more sanctions and we need more europeans to join us in them. because we've got to get the richer people, the elites, particularly the sunni elites in syria to turn against him, and the way to do that is through the economy. >> jill, do we know what the president is going to say...
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he got access because he worked for a charity that he and assad's wife, osma assad ran. in this situation they say bashar al assad has badly miscalculated. he got advice from people who told him that president obama would not enforce his red line against chemical weapons use and a huge part of this mi miscalculation is driven by assad. he's partly delusional. they believe they're not doing anything wrong, that it's outside forces, namely the u.s. and israel setting them up. i spoke with andrew tabor. he's an analyst who's a handful of westerners who got access. here's what he had to say about bashar al assad's personality. >> bashar al assad, unlike his father, is quite erratic. he's quite moody. he goes from one side to the other, bouts of rationality and irrationality. that confounded all of our attempts to deal with bashar over the years. >> he couldn't say whether he thinks assad is bipolar or not. even those close to him find it difficult to read him. his calculations in the current crisis may be even tougher to predict. you have an erratic personality who's now und
he got access because he worked for a charity that he and assad's wife, osma assad ran. in this situation they say bashar al assad has badly miscalculated. he got advice from people who told him that president obama would not enforce his red line against chemical weapons use and a huge part of this mi miscalculation is driven by assad. he's partly delusional. they believe they're not doing anything wrong, that it's outside forces, namely the u.s. and israel setting them up. i spoke with andrew...
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where jihadis were showing up to battle the regime of bashar al assad. >> we had reports coming from iraq that some of the fighters in el qaeda and iraq had moved to syria. >> robert former, the u.s. ambassador to syria, witnessed the turmoil firsthand. >> two car bombings. >> al qaeda in iraq, the group that morphed into isis. was suspected of masterminding a car bombing of serious state security officers. >> one car goes in and blows up and takes down the out ter defense. a second car goes in to detonate. >> the criminal attack carries the blueprints of al qaeda. >> this is a hallmark tactic of el qaeda to interact. >> back in washington, ambassador ford met with david petraeus, then the head of the cia. the extremists in syria were getting stronger, he said. while the moderate rebels fighting assad were getting weaker. >> you do nothing, extremists will continue to gain ground. that's what our syrian contacts were telling us. this isn't rocket science. >> petraeus urged the white house to arm the moderates. >> recommendations were made to assist some of the opposition. elements an
where jihadis were showing up to battle the regime of bashar al assad. >> we had reports coming from iraq that some of the fighters in el qaeda and iraq had moved to syria. >> robert former, the u.s. ambassador to syria, witnessed the turmoil firsthand. >> two car bombings. >> al qaeda in iraq, the group that morphed into isis. was suspected of masterminding a car bombing of serious state security officers. >> one car goes in and blows up and takes down the out ter...
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assad is off the reservation. perhaps others, the armed opposition as opposed to the civilian opposition is increasingly resorting to violence in self-defense that is not in the interests of the people of syria. we very much want to ensure that we have exhausted the political and diplomatic means at our disposal. >>> i want you to listen to this. >> the world should be ashamed. it's not just it is russians and the chinese. their shame is obvious to the rest of us, but there's also so much abdication elsewhere. abdication by the turks nearby, by the arab league, there's abdication in washington. >> he's saying washington could be and must be doing a lot more. what also realistically can they do to stop the slaughter? >> i didn't hear him make any specific suggestions, but wolf, we think that the assad regime is on its last legs, that the pressure is increasing, the economy is crumbling defection shuns are increasing, so we're interested in accelerating that process of economic and political pressure, such that assa
assad is off the reservation. perhaps others, the armed opposition as opposed to the civilian opposition is increasingly resorting to violence in self-defense that is not in the interests of the people of syria. we very much want to ensure that we have exhausted the political and diplomatic means at our disposal. >>> i want you to listen to this. >> the world should be ashamed. it's not just it is russians and the chinese. their shame is obvious to the rest of us, but there's...
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should assad go? absolutely, and i think there could be legitimate legal findings that would allow us to targets him. the problem with that is you have a downwind hazard. if you can't control the time of explosion you'll have, you will have some considerable collateral damage. folks that live in the area will be harmed by the fallout that would okur absolutely as a result of those explosions. we've been able to do that in the past. i think that's probably the option that as the preferred option. we have the experience, having done that in the past, we have the precision strike capability, the tomahawk cruise missiles. the 6th fleet in the mediterranean is poised to do that. we have a target list and essentially the air defense and all of assad's war-making capability that he's using right now. >> a fourth option would sort of be a desert fox option, sort of like what america did in iraq, a sustained bombing campaign over a period of days. is that possible? >> it is. a real degradation that i think is
should assad go? absolutely, and i think there could be legitimate legal findings that would allow us to targets him. the problem with that is you have a downwind hazard. if you can't control the time of explosion you'll have, you will have some considerable collateral damage. folks that live in the area will be harmed by the fallout that would okur absolutely as a result of those explosions. we've been able to do that in the past. i think that's probably the option that as the preferred...